Our Attorneys
The Honorable Joseph P. Walsh, a native of Philadelphia, is a founding member of Walsh Pancio, LLC. Joe’s practice focuses on civil, commercial, and personal injury litigation, arbitrations and mediation, municipal law, and corporate counselling. He has tried over 100 cases to verdict throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and has also handled multiple cases before the Superior Court and Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania, as well as the Federal Courts for the Eastern and Middle Districts of Pennsylvania. Judge Walsh has been vetted and approved as outside counsel for Erie Insurance, State Farm Insurance, Philadelphia Insurance, SEPTA, Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office, Aries Power, Express Scripts, Montgomery Township Municipal Sewer Authority, Pennsylvania State Education Association, Simon Properties, and Globus Medical among his many clients.
Judge Walsh is often retained to serve as local counsel by a number of large international and national law firms whose clients find themselves in litigation in Pennsylvania. Joe has served as co-counsel and trial counsel in a number of high-profile civil cases, which have received local and national publicity.
In 2016, Joe was appointed by the Honorable Thomas Wolf, Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, to serve as judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County. He was proud to serve as a judge from 2016 through 2018. In his time on the bench, Joe presided over and decided hundreds of matters involving civil, criminal, and family law. The Montgomery Bar Association rated Judge Walsh “Highly Recommended” (its highest rating) for the position of Judge (2017; 2023).
Judge Walsh’s gubernatorial nomination to the bench was unanimously confirmed by the Pennsylvania Senate. Judge Walsh received the highest recommendation for the position of Judge by the Judiciary Committee for the Montgomery Bar Association, and he was endorsed by the Pennsylvania State Education Association (PSEA), Fraternal Order of Police, PA State Police, International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF), Philadelphia Building and Construction Trades Council, Pennsylvania Conference of Teamsters, IBEW 98 Electrical Workers, Operating Engineers 542, AFSCME, United Food and Commercial Workers 1776, Pennsylvania Narcotics Officers’ Association, and the Montgomery County Medical Society.
Joe Walsh has practiced as a civil trial attorney in Montgomery County for over 30 years. The Judges in Montgomery County have appointed Judge Walsh to numerous positions since his return to private practice: Chair of the Board of Viewers, Civil Case Management Officer, COVID Trial Procedures Committee, Partition Master, Insurance Arbitration Referee, and Arbitrator.
In January 2020, Joe was appointed by Sheriff Sean Kilkenny of Montgomery County to serve as Solicitor of the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office. Judge Walsh has represented Sheriff Kilkenny, his deputies, and the Office for the past five years in a wide range of legal and litigation matters. In May 2024, Joe argued a case on behalf of Sheriff Kilkenny before an en banc panel (the entire bench) of the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania. Joe defended the Sheriff’s right to inspect the firearms dealers within his jurisdiction in order to ensure the FFLs were compliant with federal and state procedures and reporting requirements.
Since 2018, Judge Walsh has served as a Hearing Officer for the Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Since leaving the bench, Joe is a frequently sought after arbitrator and mediator in civil disputes, where he assists parties and counsel in resolving matters in equitable and amicable means. He is certified as an arbitrator with the American Arbitration Association (AAA), where he hears and decides commercial, construction, and consumer matters brought under the jurisdiction of the AAA. In March 2025, Judge Walsh will be attending “Mediating The Litigated Case” certification training at the renowned Pepperdine University’s Caruso School of Law Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Malibu CA.
Joe is a career-long member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association and the Montgomery Bar Association (MBA), and has held numerous positions within the MBA. He is a past president of the Montgomery Trial Lawyers’ Section. He also served as the Chair of the Government Relations Committee, and was responsible for working directly with Pennsylvania legislators to solve the most eminent problems facing attorneys in Montgomery County. Judge Walsh is currently an officer of the MBA, and he will serve as its President in 2027.
Judge Walsh has been committed to Diversity Equity and Inclusion initiatives. He serves as General Counsel of the Coalition For Justice. He has spoken at a statewide Access to Justice Summit hosted by the Pennsylvania Bar Association. Joe has participated in a Re-entry Clinic hosted by the MBA. He was appointed by the Montgomery County Board of Commissioners to serve on the following committees: Public Defender’s Nomination Committee and Access to Justice (Mont Co Moving Forward).
Aside from his service as a judge, Joe has also served the community in numerous roles for over 15 years. He served on the Board of Supervisors of Montgomery Township from 2010-2016 and served as the Chairman of the Board during his service. He has also served as solicitor of the Montgomery Township Zoning Board, as Chair of the Montgomery Township 300th Anniversary Planning Committee, as solicitor for the North Penn Police Athletic League, and as School Director of the North Penn School District Board of Directors. Judge Walsh serves on the Board of the Montgomery County Community College Foundation. For his community service, Joe has received Citations from a US Congressman, a Pennsylvania State Senator, and 2 Pennsylvania State Representatives.
Joe graduated from Widener University Delaware Law School, cum laude, in 1991 where he served as an Editor of the Law Review and an officer of the Moot Court Team. He obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree from Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia in 1988. Following graduation, he was employed as the law clerk to the Honorable Herbert Hutton, District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Joe is also a proud graduate of Cardinal Dougherty High School in Philadelphia, which at the time was the largest Catholic high school in the world.
Joe and his wife Nancy, who have been married for 30+ years, are the proud parents of three successful daughters: Shannon, Bridget, and Maggie. Nancy is the founding owner of tbdNOW LLC, which has developed and administered a number of leadership, coaching and DEI programs for the non-profit and government spaces.
